Tara Magnets

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! *SOLD*: One card of this image, Feb 2011. Self portrait of sorts....I was thinking about all the children's portraits I've done where I've given them wings, and how that has always been a dream of mine, both literally and figuratively speaking. Ever since I was a child, in my dreams, whenever things turn bad, I always fly myself off to safety. I was thinking of how both my girls have a portrait in their bedrooms of them, as fairies in a fantasy world, done by me, and how I hope that whenever they feel low in their lives, whenever they doubt their dreams can ever come true, that looking at their portraits of them with wings will remind them that ...

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This design is a tribute to the episode 'Once More with Feeling' from Buffy and the relationship between Willow Rosenberg and Tara Maclay.

!http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL935/3249576/6645318/400070834.jpg! *SOLD: One Giclee print of this image, May 2010.* Something a little different - or rather, a lot different, really - from me. I felt rather non-specifically inspired today, chomping at the bit to create something but not sure what. I took this photo of a tunnel a few weeks ago, as we were driving through it, and hadn't been sure how I was going to use it, only that I was dying to do something with it. It took a bit for this to come together, umpteen layers as usual, but here it is! :) Canon Powershot A480 P&S for all images; all resources used my own. Proudly New Zealand-made. :) *Challenge Winner, "Dark Passages" challenge in the "Back In Black Grou":http...

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! I'm experimenting with something a little different at the moment, using works on paper rather than photography, or, in some cases, as well as photography. This one is a composite of a chalk pastel drawing and a roller ball drawing, both my own, combined in Photoshop Elements 2.0. Would love feedback on this! :) *Featured in "Abstract Digital Art and Writing":http://www.redbubble.com/pass-it-on-prose/ Sept 12, 2009.* *Featured in "Dimensions":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/dimensions/ Sept 14, 2009.* *Featured in "Globes, Spheres and Curves":http://www.redbubble.com/globes-spheres-art-photography/ Sept 22, 2009.* *Featured in "Experiment...

!http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL935/3249576/6645318/400070834.jpg! "Home page featured art!!":http://www.redbubble.com/people/home/works/8586908-imagine-11-march-2012 I was in one of those dreamy moods I guess..... :) I've found myself coming across the odd stock photo of a model that just inspired an image in my head immediately, something that needed to be created just to get it out of my head. The original photo of this model was one of them, so as has been happening from time to time lately, I relaxed my "no stock" policy and got creative.... This image was created using Elements 2.0, using my own photo of Lake Taupo for the backdrop, my own Apophysis fractals for the moons, standard PSP brushes for the stars and stock by...

Bee on a flower. Proudly made in New Zealand! :)

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love is love is kacy,

Heartstopper characters

You don't need dark magic to like this shirt—just don't tell Willow. Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Willow & Tara spell imagery with quote

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Would you like to go out with me for coffee, food, kisses and gay love?

It is not for thee it is for her alone to wield

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! *SOLD*: One card of this image, May 2010. *SOLD*: One card of this image, Feb 2011. My piece "Something Fishy":http://www.redbubble.com/people/taralemana/art/3371733-2-something-fishy/ is one of my most popular pieces ever. Nonetheless, I keep looking at it and feeling increasingly unhappy with the technical side of it; I see flaws in it every time I look, and often wished I'd been more skilled at Photoshop when I did it. I've always wanted the eye to be more "watery" and the fish to look more like it was actually *in* the eye, not just stuck on top of it. I also felt the original fish was a tad angular as a result of my lacking blending skill...

It's been too long since I did macro photography! I've been focusing on portraiture since getting my DSLR two years ago and have not yet managed to get my hands on a macro lens. Yesterday I got my little Powershot out for a bit of exercise though, and found I still love macro just as much as I ever did! :) This is a macro shot of a tiny water droplet (about 1mm across) on a flower petal. The refraction in the droplet is of the heart of the flower. Canon Powershot, hand held. Unedited except for a slight levels boost. Proudly New Zealand-made. :) Details: f/4.5 1/800 sec ISO 80

!http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL935/3249576/6645318/400070834.jpg! Whimsy is the word of the day! When I saw a photo by "Longstock":http://longstock.deviantart.com/ of a model posing in an old fashioned dress holding an umbrella, I had to have a play with it. The image of the city is by "AntonTang":http://antontang.deviantart.com/, all other images (clouds, balloons, sky) and textures (paint texture) used are my own. Proudly New Zealand-made. :) *Featured in "Inspired Art":http://www.redbubble.com/inspired-art/ August 20, 2010.* *Featured in "All Blends":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/all-original-fusion/ August 22, 2010.* !http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.5754150.1.lp,375x360,w,l,VGhlIEdyZWF0IEVzY2FwZQ%3D%3D.jpg!

Experimenting with pen for a change - this is my first ever roller ball drawing! :) With a hug for Barbara for inspiring me to give it a go!!! :) I don't have access to editing software at the moment so I had to crop this a little more than I would have liked to, so I'll probably upload a new version when I can get PSP back and fix the edges so I don't have to crop them.....but meanwhile, I couldn't wait any longer to put this one on! :) Rollerball on 100gsm cartridge paper. *Featured in "Back in Black":http://www.redbubble.com/back-in-black/ March 2009 Featured in "Finks of Inks":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/finks-of-inks/ April 14th, 2009.* *Featured in "Finks of Inks":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/finks-of-inks/ 7 May...

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! Photo of a local mural (artist unknown) behind a silver-painted wrought iron gate. Taken with my little Kodak Easyshare CX3700 3.2 mp P&S. Colours changed (original colours are more camo-style) and a fair number of imperfections in the wall removed on Picasa Editor. Proudly New Zealand-made. :) *Featured in "Point And Shooters":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/point-and-shooters/ 8/02/09 Featured in "That One Great Shot":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-one-great-shot/ 7 March 2009 Featured in "The Sisterhood":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-sisterhood/ 27 March 2009* *Featured in "Eye Macros":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/eye-macr...

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Mermaid

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! *SOLD: One t-shirt of this image, Nov 2009.* My "Branching Out" tee in white. :) Also available in "black":http://www.redbubble.com/people/taralemana/t-shirts/3757774-2-branching-out-tee/. Proudly New Zealand-made. :) *Featured in "Finks of Inks":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/finks-of-inks/ Sept 23, 2009.* !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:fafafa/bodycolor:raspberry/size:large/style:womens/view:preview/3758003-1-branching-out-too-tee.jpg!

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! Oh I'm having fun with the back printing!!! Canon Powershot A480 for the wings, a little help from an Obsidian Dawn PSP brush for definition in some of the feathers. :) Proudly New Zealand-made! :) *SOLD*: One t-shirt of this design, June 2010. :) *SOLD*: One t-shirt of this design, Nov 2010. :) *Featured in "If It Doesn't Belong":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/if-it-dosent-belong/ March 20, 2010.* *Featured in "Experimental":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/experimental-art-photography/ March 25, 2010.* *Now also available as kids tees and onesies!!!! Check it out!!!!* !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.4836870.3.figb,baby_blue,shor...

Caricature of Wrestling Legend Lisa Marie Varon in her Black Widow Persona made famous as WWE's Victoria and TNA/Impact wrestling's Tara. I am owner of this are and This image was given by permission of Lisa Marie Varon herself to use.

Tara and Darcy Heartstopper kiss scene

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! 660 views as at 27/9/11 A bit of fun for today! :) A bit of an observation of the way tattoos have gone from something "edgy" and "out on a limb", to something fashionable and increasingly commonplace - often, even "off the rack" and unoriginal. In a world where people go to extreme lengths to individualise and distinguish themselves, doing so is, somewhat ironically, creating merely another way to be "usual", and forcing ever greater extremes to achieve the desired individuality. BTW, I have nothing against tats, I like them and have one myself - in fact, I was going to incorporate my own tattoo in this piece but it just didn't look right. I...

THere was a problem with the original design so I had to delete it....so here is take two!! :) One of my favourite images - on a tee!! :) *To see a real-life photo of this Tee on the handsome husband of RedBubbler "Waleska L.":http://www.redbubble.com/people/waleskal/, look "here":http://www.redbubble.com/people/waleskal/art/2966692-3-t-shirt-made-by-tara-lemana/.* *Featured in "#1 Artists of RedBubble":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/1-artists-of-redbubble/ 21 March 2009.* *Featured in "Self As Other":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/self-portraiture/ Dec 12, 2009.*

Sunnydale High School Logo Merch

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! This one has been sitting unfinished on my PC for a few weeks, I was just not sure what I wanted to do with it until last night when I was reminded of the beautiful song "Autumn Leaves", originally by Edith Piaf (in French, naturally), but beautiful also in its English translation as below. This was one of my favourite songs to sing when I was a teenager and I have wonderful memories of singing this to the beautiful piano accompaniment played by my cousin Anina. :) This is a mixed media piece in which I digitally combined a roller ball drawing I did for the purpose, with a chalk pastel drawing and photographic textures and brushes. Proudly N...

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! The fifth shot in my Red Hot series with the fabulous Merisha at Paekakariki Railway Museum. Filters applied (UV, Orton and High Pass plus several others), as well as two of my own textures. :) Model: Merisha Moora Camera: Nikon D3000 (borrowed) Proudly New Zealand-made! :) *Featured in "The Beginner's Corner":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/beginners-corner/ April 30, 2010.* *Featured in "Colourful Portrait Photography":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/colorful-portrait-photography/ April 2, 2010.* *Featured in "Quality Unlimited Photography":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/unlimited-quality/ Sept 6, 2010.* *Top Ten Placing in the "Dec...

!http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_47bf0fbea98e4e23b60eb7632f2ed10d.jpg! Low key photograph taken with my little Kodak Easyshare Point-and-shoot. Yay for self-timers - these are my own hands. :) *SOLD*: One 11x14" poster of this image, April 2010. *Featured in "New Zealand Made":http://www.redbubble.com/new-zealand-art-writing-photography/ 7 Feb 2009 Featured in "Point And Shooters":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/point-and-shooters/ 8 Feb 2009 Featured in "The Compact Group":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-compact-group-1-per-day/ 28 Feb 2009* *Placed 9th in the "Hearts Hearts Hearts Challenge":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/tuesday-afternoon/challenges/14958-hearts-hearts-hearts/ for the "Tuesday Aftern...

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Macro shot of a tiny (less than 1 mm across) water droplet on the petal of a colourful daisy in my garden. Canon Powershot A480, hand held. Unedited aside from slight levels adjustment and minor sharpening. Proudly New Zealand-made! :) F/3 1/125 sec ISO 80